Improvem ent in nut cracker and pick



'S'. POOLE. Nut-Cracker and Pick. No. 198,678

Pater lied Dec. 25, 1877.

N. PETERS PHOTO LI'THOGRAFHE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sAMUnn room, or BBOOKLY NEW roan.

.IMPROVEMENT IN NUT cRAcKEaAND PICK.

Specificationforniing of Letters Patent No. 198,678, dated December 25, 1877; application filed November 22, 1877.

Toall whom it may concern: Y I

Be. it known that I, SAMUEL,PO0LE,iof

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Nut Cracker and Pick, of which the following is a specification: L V

Lever nut-crackers have been madein which there. are jaws, between which the nuts are placed.% y My improvement relates to ajnut-cracker slmilarinitsgeneralshapeto apairof pinchers; but the jaws are peculiarly made, so asto be 1 adapted to the nuts, and there is a nut-pick at v the endof one of the jaws, that. can beused for removing the nut from the shell, and the end of the other jaw is made sufiiciently thin to act with the picker as a pair of forceps for withdrawing the meat from the shell. t y

In thevdrawings, Figure fl is a side View. Fig.2 shows the inner surface of one of the jaws, and Fig. 3 isa cross-section at the line The handles a b are pivoted together at c, and d is a springtoopen them. The jaws cf are curved outwardly,fso that the broader space between them,.when closed, is near the pivot or joint 0, so as to havethe necessary leverage for large nuts.

j, The interior faces of the jaws ef are made Wlthteeth. There is a single row of teeth along the center of each jaw, the surfaces of v r the jaws inclining each way, so that the teeth ing the nut-shell. The end of the jaw eis reduced in thickis adapted to use as a nut-pick; and the end of the jaw f is also reduced in thickness, and

two parts i 1 form together forceps, by which I claim as my inventionl. The nut-cracker formed with the leverteeth inside each jaw, substantially as set forth. 1

' j aws, substantially as set forth.

3. In a nut-cracker, a pair of toothed jaws, thefendsyof which are reduced in thickness to form forceps, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of November, AQD. 1877.

SAMUEL PooLE. Witnesses i GEo. T. PnvoKNEY, 1 Calls. E. SMITH.

are pointed. This produces teeth that are adapted to penetrate the nut-shell, and not to slip on the same, andvhence the pressure will be exerted to advantage in splitting and crack-I q ness, and formed with a hooked point, i, that i may be used as a scoop or pick, Z, and the the meat can be grasped and pulled out of the, shell of the nut, thus combining the cracker, the pick, and the extractor in one implement.

hand1es,curved jaws e and f, a row of pointed 2. The combination, with the nut-crackeni a of a nut-pick, formed at the end of one of the 

